[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6964]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                 prayer

  The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the following prayer:
  Let us pray.
  Eternal Spirit, today, give Your guidance to our lawmakers. Help them 
to seek first Your kingdom so that everything in time will fall into 
its proper place and their lives will honor You. As they seek greater 
intimacy with You, empower them to relate honestly with themselves and 
with one another. Lead them together to find solutions to the problems 
that beset this great land. Calm their fears and strengthen their 
faith. Use them to serve You and country with faithfulness. Let Your 
peace guard their hearts.
  Lord, make us all ever grateful to You for burdens lifted, suffering 
assuaged, sins forgiven, life renewed, differences reconciled, and 
hopes restored.
  We pray in Your sovereign Name. Amen.

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